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Anna Q. Nilsson

Mar 30, 1888 - Feb 11, 1974 (85 years old) in Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden

Anna Quirentia Nilsson was a Swedish-born actress who achieved success in American silent movies. Starring in some 200 feature films. The first Swedish actress to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1905, she had earned enough for a ticket across the Atlantic. In New York she was discovered on a thriving avenue by the famous portrait painter James Carroll Beckwith and soon she was New York's highest paid model. In 1907 she was named America's most beautiful woman and became a model for the 1910s beauty ideal, The Gibson Girl Look.

Known For

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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
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Headin' for God's Country
Mrs. Nilsson
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Seven Keys to Baldpate
Mary Norton
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If I Marry Again
Alicia Wingate
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The Toll Gate
Mary Brown
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The Little Minister
Villager
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It Had to Be You
Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
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The Spoilers
Cherry Malotte
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Broadway After Dark
Helen Tremaine
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An American in Paris
Kay Jansen (uncredited)

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